Lakeland Adjustable cake pans...

npsmama

I was thinking of getting these as I'm fed up of never having the right size tin. The idea is that it would be cheaper than buying individual sizes.

Has anyone tried these?
Are they any good?

Here are the links:

http://www.lakelandlimited.co.uk/product.aspx/!11077

http://www.lakelandlimited.co.uk/product.aspx/!11077

dolly_day_dream

I haved hired these from a cake making shop to make a tiered birthday cake. They worked really well and if I had know how cheap (compared to the hire fee) they were to buy I might well have considered buying a set. I will just have to carry on with my ever growing collection of different sizes and shapes.

Firefly

Brilliant, go for it. Mine was purchased from lakeland about 12yrs ago, look exactly the same as the picture and is still in excellent condition. The only problem is that I lost one divider down the back of the kitchen unit so am limited to cake shape and size.

It's effective, adjustable with ease and still looks good after many uses.

rosy

I made my wedding cakes in the square version 22 years ago! Mine came from a Good Housekeeping magazine offer but they look identical to the lakeland ones. They are still going strong and have been borrowed by various sisters-in -law for large celebration type cakes.

The tins are really useful for larger cakes, eg a big Christmas cake and they were ideal for the wedding tiers. I have also made four small cakes at one time.

They are a bit fiddly to assemble the sides ( I have to give myself a refresher course every time I use them - but I don't tend to use them all that often ). I have a normal tin for the size of cake I usually make and it's less hassle making it in that. I also had a version of the circular tin but without the clips -again, I really use it for the odd special size and stick with my standard 8 inch one most of the time.

One thing you have to watch is that unless you are making the largest size you will always have two sides of the cake closer to the back/side of the oven than the other sides of the cake if your oven is a standard size, so you have to look out for the possibility of uneven cooking ( hope this makes sense - if you imagine putting the tin together it might be easier to understand what I mean! )

One big advantage is it stores flat so doesn't take up much cupboard space at all.

I think it would depend on what cakes you yourself would bake, but even if you went for these tins, personally I would still buy a normal tin for everyday use. Having said that, I am glad I've got them for when the occasion arises, and I have certainly had my money's worth from them over the years!

thriftlady_2

I've got the square one, and tbh I've only used it a couple of times, but It was worthwhile and as rosy says it stores flat so it doesn't take up any space and you know you've got it if you need a custom sized cake.

janb5

Firefly wrote:

Brilliant, go for it. Mine was purchased from lakeland about 12yrs ago, look exactly the same as the picture and is still in excellent condition. The only problem is that I lost one divider down the back of the kitchen unit so am limited to cake shape and size.

It's effective, adjustable with ease and still looks good after many uses.

These are made by a firm called Alan Silverwood and are excellent. They also do the anodised hardwearing cake tins and trays. I am sure that if you contact Lakeland oreven Alan Silverwood, they would get you a replacement for your lost divider.HTH.

moggins

I like the look of these and am considering asking DH for them for a christmas present.

recovering_spendaholic

Thanks for this - I am very tempted to get the round one...

ethansmum

Lakeland sell the extra dividers for £6.99 a pair.

susank

I bought one 6 years ago and made my daughters wedding cake - 3 tier and my mothers 90th birthday cake - they dont go in the dishwasher though and they are just great but require fiddly paper lining to do it properly so be prepared to do this and they will be fine.

npsmama

Well, MIL asked what I wanted for my birthday and I said about these and she's happy to buy me the square one...and I've decided to get myself the round one!
I'm also going to get these from Lakeland which will help with lining the tins.

I love Lakeland!! Plus they're great bc they will always take back something if you are unhappy with it.